diff --git a/lib/_tsc.js b/lib/_tsc.js
index ae4c049543bfe..bbbf11249c579 100644
--- a/lib/_tsc.js
+++ b/lib/_tsc.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ and limitations under the License.
 
 // src/compiler/corePublic.ts
 var versionMajorMinor = "5.8";
-var version = "5.8.0-beta";
+var version = "5.8.1-rc";
 
 // src/compiler/core.ts
 var emptyArray = [];
diff --git a/lib/typescript.js b/lib/typescript.js
index 170b927e66a86..6db1e7b02a753 100644
--- a/lib/typescript.js
+++ b/lib/typescript.js
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ module.exports = __toCommonJS(typescript_exports);
 
 // src/compiler/corePublic.ts
 var versionMajorMinor = "5.8";
-var version = "5.8.0-beta";
+var version = "5.8.1-rc";
 var Comparison = /* @__PURE__ */ ((Comparison3) => {
   Comparison3[Comparison3["LessThan"] = -1] = "LessThan";
   Comparison3[Comparison3["EqualTo"] = 0] = "EqualTo";
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 31d6d3b2b0751..2bc25a87c92fa 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "typescript",
-    "version": "5.8.0-beta",
+    "version": "5.8.1-rc",
     "lockfileVersion": 2,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "typescript",
-            "version": "5.8.0-beta",
+            "version": "5.8.1-rc",
             "license": "Apache-2.0",
             "bin": {
                 "tsc": "bin/tsc",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf1de8a3bf919..10c89a1d465b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "typescript",
     "author": "Microsoft Corp.",
     "homepage": "https://www.typescriptlang.org/",
-    "version": "5.8.0-beta",
+    "version": "5.8.1-rc",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "description": "TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development",
     "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/compiler/corePublic.ts b/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
index b700bee2f35be..f3a94caf681de 100644
--- a/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export const versionMajorMinor = "5.8";
 // The following is baselined as a literal template type without intervention
 /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
-export const version = "5.8.0-beta" as string;
+export const version = "5.8.1-rc" as string;
 
 /**
  * Type of objects whose values are all of the same type.